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Poster:	spacedface	Date:	November 07, 2008 07:19:41am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: No need to apologize...beats sports!

Earl >>>On the other hand, if you were to reply "supply side economics has clearly not worked, and it's probably due to a lack of oversight and shoddy regulation." Then the dialogue is engaged and the intellect at work. >>>

What is supply-side economics, and has it really ever been practiced since Nixon?

I under it it as voodoo economics for mass media, but nothing really attempted.

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Poster:	Earl B. Powell	Date:	November 07, 2008 07:53:48am
Forum:	GratefulDead	Subject:	Re: No need to apologize...beats sports!

Spaced: At the end of the day, it wasn't about economic theory, it was about generating respectful dialogue between folks that have opposing views. Rather than accusing someone of being brainwashed by Fox or MSNBC for that matter, take the dialogue to the next level. Rather than calling folks sycophants of the current administration, elevate the rhetorical into the intellectual...take them to task for their positions. Again, if you say something and want your opinion to be treated as the voice of authority, saying "Bush Sucks" doesn't reflect an informed opinion, only a biased one.

For all kinds of reasons, I find hatred and misplaced criticism in politics not only to be counter-productive, but disrespectful. I feel like at minimum, I have the capacity to see through the rhetorical nuances and waves of bullshit that both parties try so desperately make hay with. Frankly, political discourse during and election cycle is aimed at folks that have little in the way of a philosophical anchor, more toward those that can easily be swayed. We should aim higher.

Anyway, it's enough, if at least here, we can agree to disagree in a respectful manner.